senator herbert kohl, congresswoman when more -- congress woman and when and more -- congress woman gwen moore. [applause] your soon-to-be governor is in the house. [cheers and applause] i know your other senator russ feingold was here with you and your families, just like he always has. now he is participating in a labor day parade. it is good to be back. of course, this is not my first time at labor fast -- laborfa est. i was here last when i was still a candidate for this office. during that campaign, we talk about how, for years, the values of hard work and responsibility that had built this country had been given short trips. it was slowly hollowing out our middle class. chaireverybody who has a set down because everybody is hollering. just sit down and relax because i am going to be talking for a while. we have a lot of hard-working people here. you deserve to sit down for a day. you have been on your feet working hard. two years ago, we talked about some on wall street who had been taking risks, taking huge profits, while working americans were working harder and harder to stay af